From Merang Jetty, we set off to bidong island with a ship owned Kolej Universiti Sains dan Teknologi Malaysia (KUSTEM). Thank God I got seasick. Some people temanku vomiting due to seasickness.
When I continued to eat because of hunger. Then we set up camp. We spend the night in bidong island.
A little info about Pulau Redang and Pulau Bidong:
1) bidong island
Located 45 kilometers off the coast of Terengganu and Merang in the South China Sea.
On August 8, 1978, the island was the site of transition refugees by the Malaysian government and the High Commissioner of the United Nations with the placement of 121 Vietnamese refugees first.
When it closed in 1991, some 250,000 refugees were here before received mostly by the United States, Canada, Australia and France.
2) Redang
Located in the South China Sea and is one of the nine islands that make up the Marine Park Redang Island and an important turtle conservation sites.
It is one of the largest and most beautiful on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
It can be reached via Merang with boats operated by companies resort. The distance from the pier village towing is 30 kilometers or nautical Shahbandar Jetty Kuala Terengganu by using the ferry.